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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB3247
Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Fire Equipment Distributor and Employee Regulation Act of 2000.
Makes a technical change in the Section concerning license requirements.
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A BILL FOR
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HB3247 |
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LRB095 06065 RAS 26157 b |
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| AN ACT concerning regulation.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Fire Equipment Distributor and Employee |
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| Regulation Act of 2000 is amended by changing Section 10 as |
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| follows:
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| (225 ILCS 216/10)
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| (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2011)
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| Sec. 10. License requirement; injunction. No person shall |
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| act as a fire
equipment distributor or employee, or
advertise |
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| or
assume to act as such, or use any title implying that
that
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| such person
is engaged in such practice or occupation unless |
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| licensed by the State Fire
Marshal. |
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| No firm, association, or corporation shall act as an
agency |
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| licensed under this Act, or advertise or assume to act as such,
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| or use any title implying that the firm, association, or |
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| corporation
is engaged in such practice, unless licensed by the |
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| State Fire Marshal.
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| The State Fire Marshal, in the name of the People and |
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| through the Attorney
General, the
State's Attorney of any |
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| county, any resident of the State, or any legal
entity within |
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| the State may apply for injunctive relief in any court to |
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| enjoin
any person who has not been issued a license or whose |
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| license
has been suspended, revoked, or not renewed from |
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| practicing
a licensed activity, and upon the filing of a |
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| verified petition,
the court, if satisfied by affidavit or |
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| otherwise, that such person
is or has been practicing in |
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| violation
of this Act may enter a temporary restraining order
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| or preliminary injunction, without bond, enjoining
the |
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| defendant from such further activity. A copy of the verified |
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| complaint
shall be served upon the defendant and the |
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| proceedings shall thereafter
be conducted as in other civil |
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| cases. If it is established that
the defendant
has been or is |
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| practicing in violation of this Act, the court may enter
a |
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| judgment perpetually enjoining the defendant
from such further |
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| activity.
In case of violation of any injunctive order or |
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| judgment entered under the
provisions of this
Section, the |
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| court may summarily try and punish the
offender for contempt of |
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| court. Such injunctive proceeding shall be in
addition to all |
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| penalties and other remedies in this Act.
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| The State Fire Marshal may refuse to issue a license to, or |
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| may suspend the
license
of, any person who fails to file a |
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| return, to pay the tax, penalty, or
interest shown in a filed |
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| return, or to pay any final assessment of tax,
penalty, or |
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| interest, as required by any tax Act administered by the
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| Illinois Department of Revenue, until such time as the |
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| requirements of any such
tax Act are satisfied.
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| (Source: P.A. 91-835, eff. 6-16-00.)
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